CDAC-GISTSurekh (CDACSRNT.TTF and CDACSRBT.TTF [bold])
Font Syllabary
Font Specifications and Notes
Source: Developed by the GIST group at CDAC (Mumbai) and available for free download from Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL).
Stats: Version 2.0 has 666 glyphs and no kerning pairs.
Support: Devanagari and Latin.
OpenType Layout Tables: Devanagari.
Special Notes: [from the TDIL site:] "The special features of the Devanagari script, namely the ‘reph’, ‘rakar’, ‘akhands’ (conjuncts), ‘nukta’, reordering and repositioning of characters, below-base forms, half forms are implemented in this font."
Text Sample
The opening lines of Kalidasa's Meghaduta, taken from the Unicode Sanskrit Documents website.
